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bluidkiti · 08-24-2013, 09:28 AM

12 TIPS FOR SOBER HOLIDAYS

1. Line up extra activities (help on the phones, speak, empty the
ashtrays).
2. Be host to friends, especially newcomers, at home or at a coffee shop.
3. Keep your AA telephone list with you at all times.
4. Find out about holiday meetings or celebrations in your local groups.
5. Skip any drinking occasions you're nervous about
6. If there's one you can't skip, take an AA friend - or keep candy handy.
7. Don't think you have to stay late (plan an "important date" in advance).
8. Go to church. Any church. And don't forget about extra meetings.
9. Don't sit around brooding; catch up on reading, museums, walks, letters.
10. Don't project about holiday temptations: remember "One day at a time."
11. Even if you cannot give material gifts, enjoy the beauty of holiday
love.
12. Carry the message: Give the joy away, and it will be yours to keep.

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08-24-2013, 09:28 AM	#2
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 70,587	12 TIPS FOR SOBER HOLIDAYS 1. Line up extra activities (help on the phones, speak, empty the ashtrays). 2. Be host to friends, especially newcomers, at home or at a coffee shop. 3. Keep your AA telephone list with you at all times. 4. Find out about holiday meetings or celebrations in your local groups. 5. Skip any drinking occasions you're nervous about 6. If there's one you can't skip, take an AA friend - or keep candy handy. 7. Don't think you have to stay late (plan an "important date" in advance). 8. Go to church. Any church. And don't forget about extra meetings. 9. Don't sit around brooding; catch up on reading, museums, walks, letters. 10. Don't project about holiday temptations: remember "One day at a time." 11. Even if you cannot give material gifts, enjoy the beauty of holiday love. 12. Carry the message: Give the joy away, and it will be yours to keep. Received in email __________________ "No matter what you have done up to this moment, you get 24 brand-new hours to spend every single day." --Brian Tracy AA gives us an opportunity to recreate ourselves, with God's help, one day at a time. --Rufus K. When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. --Franklin D. Roosevelt We stay sober and clean together - one day at a time! God says that each of us is worth loving.